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SamTrans outlines Connect Bay Area ballot measure and asks for local input on $50M/year for San Mateo County
Summary
Charles C. Chang of SamTrans briefed the Atherton City Council on SB 63 (the Connect Bay Area initiative), describing a potential half-cent sales tax to fund regional transit and asking for Atherton input on how roughly $50 million a year for San Mateo County could be invested locally.
Charles C. Chang, government and community affairs officer for SamTrans, told the Atherton City Council on April 15 that a citizens’ initiative based on the Connect Bay Area Act (SB 63) is collecting signatures and, if it qualifies for the November 2026 ballot, would ask Bay Area voters to approve a half-cent countywide sales tax for 14 years (a full cent in San Francisco).
Chang said the measure would raise nearly $1 billion regionwide if approved, with about 33 percent…
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